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First Jetty, OBX, NC, 2010. Brett Barley dropping into a bomb. Photo: Chris Frick
North Carolina’s a gem. For one, it has the Outer Banks. Do we need a second reason? Not really, but here’s another: Blackbeard the Pirate called it home. That means that somewhere beneath those perfect, barreling hurricane waves, there’s buried pirate treasure. There. Two reasons why it’s a gem. And there are 15 more reasons above.